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Still searching

I went searching for an ancestor, I cannot find him still.

He moved around from place to place and did not leave a will.

He married where a courthouse burned, he mended all his fences.

He avoided any man who came, to take the local Census.

He always kept his luggage packed, this man who had no fame,

And every 20 years or so, this rascal changed his name.

His parents came from England, they should be on some list,

but for unknown reasons, somehow they got… Continue

Added by William Douglas on March 29, 2010 at 5:53am — No Comments

Are you a Count of the Holy Roman Empire? Am I?

Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour (c. 1560 – 7 November 1639) was an English nobleman. He was the second son of Sir Mathew Arundell of Wardour Castle in Wiltshire, a member of the ancient family of Arundells in Cornwall, and of Margaret, daughter of Sir Henry Willoughby.

In 1579 he was personally recommended by Queen Elizabeth to the emperor, Rudolph II, and was Created a Count of The Holy Roman Empire by Imperial Letters Patent of the Holy Roman…

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Added by William Douglas on March 15, 2010 at 4:00am — No Comments

Naming conventions

In their recent newsletter - and if you don't subscribe, you should - Rootsweb has an excellent article on the conventions for naming children.

I wonder how many of us named our children using this convention:…

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Added by William Douglas on March 10, 2010 at 6:49am — No Comments

MyHeritage.com Acquires Major Family Network OSN

MyHeritage.com, the company that connects families to their past and to one another, today announced a significant expansion of its global family network through the acquisition of the Hamburg-based OSN Group, which operates a network of 10 market-leading family sites, including Verwandt.de (Germany), Moikrewni.pl (Poland) and Dynastree.com (USA).

MyHeritage.com now holds a formidable international registered member base of 47 million, and offers its services in 35 languages. The… Continue

Added by William Douglas on March 3, 2010 at 12:22pm — No Comments

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